Palette-sheet holder



Sept. 28, 1954 v. T. JACKSON, JR 2,690,023

PALETTE-SHEET HOLDER Filed Jan. 28, 1955 410 I INVENTOR,

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Patented Sept. 28, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PALETTE-SHEET HOLDERVirgil T. Jackson, Jr., New Orleans, La.

Application January 28, 1953, Serial No. 333,633

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to artists equipment and has special reference toan artists palette.

One important object of the invention is to provide a novel constructionof an artists palette adapted to hold a pad of disposable paint mixingsheets.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an artistspalette having disposable paint receiving means.

A third important object of the invention is to provide an artistspalette wherein a support is provided for a pad of disposable paintmixing sheets and wherein means are provided whereby the used portion ofeach sheet may be torn ofi' from the sheets beneath.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combinations ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate likeparts, and:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a alette constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a slightly enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a slightly enlarged section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the invention as herein shown there is provided aplate ll) of metal or other rigid material and, in the present instance,this plate is of general rectangular form. In this plate is provided athumb receiving opening H and at the adjacent edge of the plate is arecessed portion 12, provided so that when the users thumb is insertedupwardly through the opening II, the terminal joint of the thumb may bebent down to extend into the recessed portion l2, thus holding thealette firmly in position.

At two'of the joining edges of the plate l0, these edges being thoseremote from the opening I I, the plate 10 has an upwardly bent portionl3, which extends along each of the said edges. From the upwardly bentportion I3 at each edge there extends over the adjacent part of theplate H] a flat spring rib l4 terminating in a downwardly inclinedtearing edge I5. From the inner and outer edges of each flat member l4upwardly extending guides I6 are each curved inwardly as at IT.

At I8 is shown a pad of disposable sheets, each provided with a thumbopening l9 and a recessed portion 20 conforming to the plate I 0. Thispad is held by the tearing edge portion 5 at both the rear and the lefthand edges of the palette and the sheets may be torn off after use alongthe tearing edge portions I5. These sheets are pref- 2 erably made of amaterial which is non-absorbent to the oil and thinner of the oil paintto be used with the palette.

Similarly on each of the ribs M is arranged a paint receiving strip 2|.This strip may be of disposable material or it may be of such materialas may be cleansed from any paint thereon, by the application of asuitable paint remover such as turpentine.

In using the invention, the collapsible tubes, common to oil paintsupplies, will have a portion of the contents of each selected tubesqueezed on to a slip 2 l Then with the artists brush a quantity ofdeposited paint may be transferred to the mixing or blending sheet I8exposed on top of the pad. Thus a mixture of paint from different tubesmay be made to suit the necessities of the artist.

When the artist has finished painting, he may simply tear off the topsheet of the pad and may remove the slips 2|, which may be replaced, ifdisposable, by other slips or if meant for repeated use, may be cleansedand replaced.

By means of this arrangement, artists are saved from a great deal ofdisagreeable cleaning operations necessary with the ordinary type ofpalette.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine theinvention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wishedto include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

What is claimed is:

An artists palette comprising a substantially rectangular plate providedwith an upwardly extending flange along two adjacent sides thereof, saidflange extending at right angles to said plate, an integral flat ribextending at right angles to said flange and parallel to said plate,said flat rib being provided at its inner edge with a downwardlyinclined tearing edge, and. said flat rib being provided at its innerand outer edges with inwardly curved integral upstanding guide tongueshaving reverted extremities extending toward each other.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 289,700 Parker Dec. 4, 1883 FOREIGN PATENTS Number CountryDate 20,741 Great Britain Sept. 15, 1913 310,276 Germany Jan. 6, 1919

